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Mission Summary
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be undertaking experiments as part of the Esperia mission though these are not shown in the timeline below. The following timeline is also subject to change. Flight Day 1 - Launch
- Launch
- Checkout of Shuttle robotic arm
- Switch on Node 2 'Launch-to-Activation' Heaters
Flight Day 2
- Shuttle heat shield check using robotic arm
- EVA preparations including EVA suit checks
- ISS rendezvous preparations
Flight Day 3 - Docking
- Rendezvous and docking including Shuttle backflip
manoeuvre
- Preparations for EVA 1
- Unberth robotic arm extension to provide
clearance for unberthing Node 2 during EVA 1
- EVA astronauts 'campout' in Quest Airlock to help
remove nitrogen from bloodstreams
Flight Day 4 – EVA 1
- Retrieve and stow S-band Antenna Support
Assembly; Detach Node 2 heater cables and
remove cover from Node 2 aft berthing mechanism;
Stow grapple fixture on Node 2; Disconnect Z1/P6
truss fluid lines; Install shrouds on P6 radiator and
Sequential Shunt Unit.
- Move and attach Node 2 to Node 1 left-hand
docking port with Station robotic arm.
- Pressurise area between Node 1 and Node 2
hatches, perform leak check, open Node 1 hatch.
Flight Day 5
- Attach cabling between Node 1 and Node 2 and
activate shell heaters
- Enter and set up Node 2, establish ventilation
- Shuttle heat shield survey
- EVA 2 preparations
- EVA astronauts 'campout' in airlock
Flight Day 6 – EVA 2
- Disconnect Z1 to P6 truss cables; Unbolt
P6; Outfit outside of Node 2 with handrails, worksite
interface fixtures, gap spanners and install thermal
covers; Remove Node 2 berthing mechanism
restraints; Install grapple fixture on Node 2;
Configure squib firing unit on S1 truss for deploying
radiators; Configure router and replace failed circuit
breaker on S0 truss.
- Manoeuvre P6 truss with Station robotic arm to
handoff position
- Install Centerline Berthing Camera in Node 2
- Install portable breathing apparatus and fire
extinguisher inside Node 2
Flight Day 7
- Deploy thermal control radiators on S1 truss
- Hand P6 truss from Station robotic arm to Shuttle
robotic arm, move Mobile Transporter to end of
truss, hand P6 truss back to Station robotic arm
- Node 2 outfitting
- EVA 3 preparations
- EVA astronauts 'campout' in airlock
Flight Day 8 – EVA 3
- Bolt P6 truss to P5 truss, attach P5 to P6
cabling, remove P6 radiator restraint and cover on
Sequential Shunt unit and deploy radiator, relocate
main Bus Switching Unit from Shuttle cargo bay to
External Stowage Platform 2
- Deploy P6 solar arrays
- Node 2 Outfitting
Flight Day 9
- Shuttle/ISS transfer operations
- EVA 4 preparations
- EVA astronauts 'campout' in airlock
- Crew conference
Flight Day 10 – EVA 4
- Further inspection of Solar Alpha Rotary Joint
Flight Day 11
- EVA 5 preparations
- EVA astronauts ‘campout’ in airlock
Flight Day 12 – EVA 5
- Disconnect and stow cables from Destiny to
Pressurised Mating Adapter 2; Remove cover on Node
2 forward docking mechanism, demate avionics cables,
and release fluid tray bolts; Temporary stow CETA light
on Destiny; Configure cables for power transfer for S0
truss/Node 1/Zvezda and Pressurised Mating Adapter
1/Zarya. Retrieve Baseband Signal Processor from Z1
truss. Release bolts on P1 Nitrogen tank Assembly
Flight Day 13 - Undocking
- Undocking
- Station flyaround
- Shuttle heat shield survey
Flight Day 14
Flight Day 15 - Landing
- Landing preparations
- Deorbit
- Landing
Last update: 30 October 2007 | |
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